Soothing Noah Smith’s Fears about a Post-Growth World

| October 18, 2018 | Leave a Comment

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Date of Publication: September 27, 2018

Year of Publication: 2018

Author(s): Jason Hickel

Last week Foreign Policy published an article I wrote titled “Why growth can’t be green.”  It stirred a lively online discussion – and of course attracted dissenters.  Among them was one Noah Smith, who penned a critical op-ed in Bloomberg.  You can read it here.

I wrote to Noah and asked whether he would let me respond on the same platform, where he contributes a regular column.  To my delight, he agreed.  So I pitched to his editor, copying Noah.  But I received no response.  Perhaps he’s less interested in the debate than he initially let on.  Poor form, by my lights – but oh well.  Here are some of the points I would have made.


Read all of the points and complete article here.

 

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